Triangle SPORTS

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Go…Triangle!

Attention, sports fans! If it’s action-packed
excitement and top-rated athletic performances you’re looking for,
look no farther than the college and professional sports teams that grace
the Triangle area.

A minor league baseball team on which a hit Hollywood
film is based, the Southernmost professional hockey team ever to make
it to the Stanley Cup final, and college basketball’s most continuously
intense rivalry rank high on a long list of options from which to choose
in sports entertainment.

Do love and baseball really mix? Rent a copy
of the 1988 movie, Bull Durham, and find out for yourself. The film was
largely based on the Durham Bulls baseball team and filmed at the team’s
historic ballpark. You, however, have the advantage over Susan Sarandon
and Kevin Costner in that you can catch a game in the Bulls’ much
more modern venue (built in 1995) in downtown Durham. Raleigh has a team,
too, the Carolina Mudcats, which won the Southern League Award of Excellence
for attendance growth in 2004.

While we have but a relatively few cold days here from
January through March, the ice is solid in Raleigh’s RBC Center
during the entire NHL season for the Carolina Hurricanes. “Caniacs” run
rampant all over the Triangle, and they crazed their way to the Stanley
Cup final a couple of years ago.

Are you a Tar Heel, a Wolfpacker, or a Blue Devil?
Well, you’d
best choose, because we take college basketball real serious around these
parts. Real serious. The University of North Carolina/Duke University
rivalry is notorious throughout the NCAA. Regular contenders in the Final
Four, and several championships between them make attendance at the “Dean
Dome” or Cameron Indoor Stadium a must.

It’s just too easy—take
advantage of the spectator sporting events in the Triangle. Get your
tickets now!